Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Great Bay 5K Race for a Healthy Estuary

It was a perfect fall day in the upper 40’s for the race start in Stratham, NH with the fast point to point course finishing at the Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland, NH. The race had well deserved moment of silence and notice of race dedication for Bob Kennedy who was the long-time race director who tragically passed away this past July. I did a 2 mile warm up and got on the starting line with Thom Lubas of Wicked and NE 65+, about a dozen rows back. My watch was not ready as the start went off so I was fiddling with that as I started the race. 


It did not bother my pace as I caught up to Karen about a half mile into the race. She, Don Withee and I were repping Notch. Karen and I ran together through 1.5 miles passing the mile around 7:25. I motored through for a 7:18 second mile. A few hills in the final mile had me slowing back down for a 7:29. I lost about a dozen places coming into the finish with a 23:15 net time, good for 5th place in the 50-54 age group. It was my first race as a senior age group runner. Don set a lifetime PR (while in his mid 50’s) with a 19:11 and Karen ran 23:46. Krissy, Maryann and I hung out for a great post race at the Discovery Center. Where else can you get Pizza, Cookies, Brownies and Starbucks Coffee at 9:30AM following a fast 5K?

Place 135 (5th 50-54)

Pace 7:29

Net time 23:15 (Gun Time 23:23)

http://www.iresultslive.com/?op=summary&eid=6196

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

BSC 5K – Marlborough, MA

Full Results: https://my.racewire.com/result/9556839

34th place, 24:37 and 7/22 in the 40-49 age group. I went out on the downhill as easy as possible. Still ran 7:11 for the 1st mile and 7:37 for the 2nd mile. The gut check was the uphill last mile which hurt, checking in with a 9:04 for the last 1.1 miles. Overall the time was about 90 seconds slower than last year. The race does not get any easier. 

Boston Scientific was able to raise over $5K from the race entries and donate to Community Servings





Tuesday, September 10, 2024

North Shore Runfest 10K

I had some weekend plans change allowing me to run a 10K road race on Sunday in Salem. As you will see in the results, there was a plethora of Notch runners. I warmed up for a less than a mile to test out the left leg which has been sore. I lined up for the start far enough back from the start line to stay out of trouble. The weather was perfect with the sun and slight breeze. The course took the race from Congress Street (Shetland Park) out to the Salem Willows and back making it almost three miles by the time the race reached Lafayette Street. My mile paces were hovering about eight and a half minutes throughout. The last three miles was along Lafayette Street taking a left at Salem State, through Forest River Park and meandered the side streets back to Congress Street. I finished in a “chip time” of 52:49 and place of 167. The clock time was 53:27. 

North Shore Runfest's 10k Run/Walk!

Name: James Pawlicki

Bib: 167

Gun Time: 53:27

Chip Time: 52:49

Chip Pace: 8:29

Overall Place: 154 of 419

Gender Rank: 124 of 228

Age Group Rank: 32/49 




Thursday, August 22, 2024

Lynn Woods Relay and My Relay History

I ran leg 2 for Team Notch Brewing Second Wind last night. It was a non-humid night and cooler than usual for mid-August in the 70’s. Mike Vanne led of with a 19:57. We both had Dave Jellerson for a high school XC coach. I ran a 19:41. I was suffering on the climbs on the course. Lack of fitness! I handed off to Trevor Henry who crushed a 16:19. John Hayes wrapped us up with a 23:31. We finished 7th out of 9 in the masters team division and 30th out of 76 teams. 


Below is my Lynn Woods Relay history.

For the Lynn Woods Races and running historians, 2010 was the year when the start and finish moved from the stone pillars/steel gate at the base of the Gannon Golf entrance to where it is today (current) next to the baseball/softball field.

NameRelay DateLegSplitTeam NameCatPlaceFinal Time
JIM PAWLICKI2022-08-31417:52CENTRAL MASS STR 40+S91:09:34
JIM PAWLICKI2021-08-25318:29DOS AMIGOSN41:10:07
JIM PAWLICKI2018-08-22215:57CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 40+S41:01:42
JIM PAWLICKI2017-08-23215:07CENTRAL MASS STRIDERS 40+S21:00:32
JIM PAWLICKI2016-08-24415:08FAST FUNCTIONAL FITNESSM91:05:22
JAMES PAWLICKI2015-08-26414:48CENTRAL MASS STRIDERSM41:00:06
JIM PAWLICKI2014-08-20114:19SPIDER ONEC91:05:25
JIM PAWLICKI2007-08-21314:26CMSM355:53
JAMES PAWLICKI2006-08-23113:472 CLOSE4 MISSLES SWITCHING 2 GUNSM155:18
JIM PAWLICKI2001-08-22414:12GBTC LAST MINUTEM256:31
JAMES PAWLICKI1999-08-26313:20GREATER BOSTON CROSSM252:28

Monday, July 15, 2024

Miles Over the Moon – 4 miles – Salem, MA

Almost three months since my last road race. This Friday night steamer had an earlier start at 7:30PM offering more day light for the safety of the runners and drivers. I got my masters PR here running 5:30’s even for a solid 22 minute effort in 2016. I remember the finish being in the corner of the Salem Common. As for 2024, I had a goal to see if I could squeak under 8:00 but was not to be. The legs felt like junk since running in Lynn Woods earlier in the week. 

Splits of 7:38, 8:23, 8:26 and 8:00 got me to the finish line with an average heart rate of 168! It was nice to see one of my college coaches with Steve Czarnecki outside his Osgood Street home cheering the race. Also, props to the Notch Crew yelling support on Bridge Street. It for sure put a smile on this guy’s face.





Long overdue race results from February, March and April

Race Results that I have been long overdue to capture on the blog:


StretchLAB Super Sunday 4 Miler - Bedford, NH 2/11/24. This was a USATF New England Championship Race. I missed my goal for a 7 minute pace, running a 28:25 overall net time or 7:07. 426th place. Gun time was 28:47. Course had a slight change for the better in the middle from the ’23 version. Splits: 6:59, 6:52, 7:14, 7:15

https://results.raceroster.com/v2/en-US/results/feu2urjjeskf44qz/results


Hibernian 5K – Lynn, MA 2/24/24 – Race #1 for the day. I forgot my watch but in the end, everyone said the distance wound up at 3 miles. I liked the counter-clockwise direction for the first time, really no elevation until after 2 miles where the course raised up to Boston Street. Good flat and fast finish but I was spent for the last half mile. Rich Lally pulled away from me as I settled for 21st place and official time of 21:25, 6:54/mile.             

https://my.racewire.com/results/37784


Hamantasch Run 5K – Arlington, MA 2/24/24 – Race #2 for the day. Comp entry as Kristen was the race photographer. I think this was my first race in Arlington. The course seemed to go down for mile one after starting in front of the town hall, flat second mile and then effort to get back up to the finish over the last 700m or so. 23rd out of 142. 25:22 was the time good for 8:10 pace. Splits: 8:17, 7:59, 8:03 and 7:33 for the last 10th. Cool bright blue beanie for each entry.

https://results.raceroster.com/v2/en-US/results/pq2fwxj2nq7fhh9k/results


Frank Nealon Boston Tune-Up 15K – Upton, MA 3/20/24 – Our Tri-Valley Front Runners hosting another solid event out of Upton for the USATF New England 15K Road Championship. I wanted to run a faster pace than the Great Stew Chase effort in February. Mission accomplished on this rolling course. An average of 161 on the beats per minute (heart rate) says it all. Gun time: 1:13:58, Chip Time: 1:13:39. 376th out of 614 overall.

Splits were: 739, 739, 802, 733, 751, 753, 800, 812, 803 and 7:15 for the last point four. 7:54 pace per mile. Felt pretty good about the effort!

https://www.athlinks.com/event/51543/results/Event/1069936/Course/2430334/Results


April Fools 4 Mile – Salisbury, MA April 6, 2024 - This flat and fast out and back four mile is hosted by our Winner’s Circle Running Club friends. I ran my PR of 21:59 (5:15/mi) twenty years ago – with Joe Shairs right on my heels! Light rain started as the field took off. I felt a tweak of the right hamstring in mile 1 so that kept my attention for the rest of the way. Still hit 162 BPM average. 30th place. 30:21 chip (7:36/mi pace), 30:24 gun time. Splits were 7:37, 7:41, 7:46 and 7:51.

https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/139499?customResultsPageId=66785

Monday, February 5, 2024

The Great Stew Chase 15K

I missed the start, heard the starting gun go off from around the corner. Guess I was too casual on the warm up over to the race, one and a half miles away. Krissy had my number waiting for me at the start. She could barely pin the number on my shirt as the race of 200 scattered off. I told her not to worry, my official time should get picked up. I looked over at the start and saw no timing mat. Crap! It is all about gun time today. I got on my way with no panic and caught the race a few minutes later. 


I moved through the race, trying to be casual about it and settled into a low 8 minute pace effort by 3 miles. The weather was in the mid-30 with plenty of sunshine. A bit of a breeze from the west. I backed off in the hills of Centennial Drive and out toward Rt. 1. On the way back, I was not feeling to great but managed to keep in the 8's for pace. The last few miles were just flat effort-wise. I came into the finish with a personal time of 1:19:29 (8:32 pace) and clock time of 1:20:49 (8:41 pace) meaning I missed the start by 1 minute 20 seconds. I managed to place 3rd in the age group. 


I changed into some dry clothes and sat down inside the Knights of Columbus for the Vegetarian Stew, Water and Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. I caught up with some folks and cheered on all age group winners who were snagging winter hats. At the end of the day, managed to cover 11 miles that gave me a touch over 30 for the week. Photo creds to Shannon Cram.